#C6A53A#C6A53A

#C6A53A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.128 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6A53A
RGB	rgb(198, 165, 58)
HSL	hsl(46, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(46, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 70.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.91, 0.75, 57.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.91, 57.40, 89.25°)
OKLab	oklab(73.24% -0.0032 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(73.24% 0.128 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.5096, 39.2237, 9.5974)
Luminance	0.3922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6A53A #3A5BC6

analogous

#C65F3A #C6A53A #A1C63A

triadic

#C6A53A #3AC6A5 #A53AC6

tetradic

#C6A53A #3AC65F #3A5BC6 #C63AA1

square

#C6A53A #3AC65F #3A5BC6 #C63AA1

split-complementary

#C6A53A #3AA1C6 #5F3AC6

monochromatic

#68561E #977E2C #C6A53A #D4BB69 #E1D099

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#C6A53A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#C6A53A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6A53A

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6A53A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6A53A	1.00	2.37	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A32B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6988F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6a53a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 165, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.128 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbf76',
    500: '#c6a53a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6a53a;
$custom-light: #dbbf76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6a53a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.857,
    "s": 55.118,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73236,
    "c": 0.12811,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6A53A

secondary

#8F9DCD

accent

#6CDE49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6A53A

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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